write your way to liberty

I've recently become a dedicated journal keeper. The last time I went to see a psychic I didn't get any profoundly accurate info (haha), although one nugget stood out in my notes. "Make sure you keep a journal when you're in Peru", she said.

And so I did. I started in when I was in line at Peruvian Customs and lovely gal I had seen in another airport line in Mexico City gave me a download of all the sweet spots of Cusco.

(I actually didn't reference that information ONCE while I was in Peru. When I was back in Canada I noticed I had visited 90% of her suggestions.....just through referrals and synchronicities).

Anyway, I journaled everyday while I was in Peru. I would say that it saved me. A love interest that went sour, a culture of wonder, shamanic medicines and working all the way through...there was a lot for this body-mind-spirit to process in the month that I was there.

When I came home I began reading The Artists Way, an emotional process that was developed for artists which consists of the daily practice of free hand writing three pages first thing in the morning. It's a way of getting that morning subconscious out on paper so that it's not taking up precious real estate in your working mind.

As this gets dumped everyday onto paper, it frees up emotional space in which creativity seems to flourish. Countless people have used this process as a way to free themselves from the shackles of tedium. People have become famous from undergoing this process. It's kind of a big deal.

And thus began and new practice of gettin' up and writin'. Sometime's it really fucking hard. And I do it anyway.

Knowing how the act of writing kept me same in Peru keeps me doing it. And learning that it could actually be the key to all of my goals and dreams keeps me doing it.

Aho

my clever thought process

One thing I could do more is give myself credit for how I do things. My unique spin on processes has given me an edge that I could easily quantify if I was into math or scientific calculations - especially now that I've harvested much of my hard work of my multi-dimensional personal development quest.

But I'm not into either of those things. Scientists don't factor in the magic of life into their experiments. That's why they don't resonate with me; I don't understand them. My clever thought process allows me to circumnavigate "reason" and come up with my own conclusion - what makes sense for me. Everything is subject to interpretation, including "rational scientific data".

This is an important step for personal sovereignty. There are many in the world who have been trained how to think by school and governments and media. We give these institutions an unearned claim of authority on how we should behave. Really, we could benefit from a lot less meddling on this planet, particularly from these institutions.

I've retrained myself to think in a way that serves myself. I start with myself to affect others. I know what's best for me.

I practice recognizing that no one else experiences reality in the exact same way that I do.....or responds to it in the same way either. My experience of 'delicious', 'heaven', 'pain', and 'mediocrity' differs from every other being in this beloved universe. Oh the freedom in just accepting that.

And that concept in itself reveals why having our own individual clever thought processes is a stepping stone to multiple levels of liberation.

To me everything is perfect. To you? A different story. And that adds to the perfection of it all.